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FOUNDATIONS
by Duane Huffstutler FOUNDATIONS Luke 6:46-49 Here the Lord starts out asking a question. How can you call me Lord and Master but you don't do the things that I tell you? I lay things out for you; all you have to do is trust me and do them and you won't even do that. He compares it to something that we can all understand. He compares it to building a house. If you are going to build a good house you must dig down deep so that the foundation is solid. The taller you want the house to be the deeper the foundation must go. It is the same with the life of a Christian. If you want to soar with the eagles or walk hand in hand with Christ you must get deep into the word of God. You can not expect to just do surface reading through the Bible and build a good solid foundation. You must really dig in and understand what the Lord is talking about. If you don't understand a word pull out a dictionary. If you don't understand what is being said follow the references and pull out a commentary. But it takes more than just reading the Bible like a story book. Get a good understanding and the Lord will set you on a solid foundation. Let's look at the house on a shallow foundation or no foundation at all. The water will erode the dirt under the foundation and animals will tunnel under the foundation and before you know it the foundation cracks and the walls start falling apart and the house falls down. It is the same with a Christian if he only reads the Bible like a story book, then it doesn't get set in him. If he doesn't understand what he reads he will not allow it to become a part of him and the foundation is shallow. When hard times come or he talks to someone about Christ he is easily confused and his feet get knocked out from under him and before long he believes the same as whoever he is talking to. He becomes as the ocean tide, believes one thing when he is talking to one person and something else when he is talking to another person. The Lord doesn't like people that are that way and Paul talks bad about them also. Someone that wants to see signs and wonders following them is like the man that wants to build a skyscraper. The rule is thisthe higher you want to go, the deeper you must dig. Duane L. Huffstutler, Written 2011, Faithwriters.com Duane L. Huffstutler is the Sunday School Director at Oak Grove Pentecostal Ministries in Bonifay Florida. All scripture is from the King James Version (1611) Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |